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. 2013 Jun 4;108(12):2505–2515. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.262

Table 6. Sensitivity, specificity, positive- and negative-predictive values of variant genotypes significantly associated with toxicity.

Variant Toxicity and grade Genotype Sensitivity Specificity Positive-predictive value Negative-predictive value
All fluoropyrimidine-treated patients
c.1601G>A DMN 3–4 wt vs het 14 100 >99 78
c.1905+1G>A DMN 3–4 wt vs het 3 100 >99 76
c.2846A>T DMN 3–4 wt vs het 4 100 >99 77
c.1679T>G DMN 3–4 wt vs het 1 100 >99 76
c.1601+1905+2846+1679 variant DMN 3–4 wt vs het+compound het 23 100 >99 80
c.1129-5923C>G DMN 3–4 wt vs het 6 97 40 76
TYMS 3′-UTR c.1494del6b DMN 3–4 wt vs hom 47 54 25 76
TYMS 3′-UTR c.1494del6b
DMN 3–4
wt vs het and hom
81
9
22
59
Capecitabine-treated patients
CDA c.−92 A>G c.−451C>T Diarrhoea 2–4 wt vs het and hom 61 58 40 77
MTHFR 1298CC HF 2–3 wt vs hom 26 96 64 82
MTHFR 1298A>C HF 2–3 wt vs het and hom 55 49 24 79

Abbreviations: DMN=diarrhoea, mucositis and neutropaenia; HF=hand–foot syndrome; UTR=untranslated region.